# Hans Reck

> Hans Gottfried Reck was a German volcanologist and paleontologist. In 1913, he was the first to discover an ancient skeleton of a human in the Olduvai Gorge, in what is now Tanzania. The fossil elephant Palaeoloxodon recki discovered at the same site is named after him. He collaborated with Louis Leakey in a return expedition to the site in 1931.

*German geologist and palaeontologist (1886-1937)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Born:** 1886-01-24
- **Died:** 1937-08-04
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Sources
- [Hans Reck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Reck)
- [هانس ريك](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83)
- [Hans Reck (Geologe)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Reck_(Geologe))
- [Hans Gottfried Reck](https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Gottfried_Reck)
- [Hans Reck](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Reck)
- [Рек, Ганс](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%BA%2C_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q87826)

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